Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye SPOILER FREE Guide

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Sections (i dont know why video chapters aren't working):

Intro 00:00
The New Exhibit 00:30
Exploring The Stranger 01:05
Exploration Tips 02:09
The Hull Breach 03:10
Welcome to Dreamwalking 03:45
Past the Lodge 04:12
Exploring the Dreamscape 04:39
Exploring the Bell 05:18
Painting Puzzle 05:50
Using the Codes 06:13
Secret Location 3 06:35
Endless Canyon Secret 06:55
Stealth Tips 07:25
Forbidden Archive 3 08:07
Secret Location 2 08:20
Secret Location 1 08:59
Shrouded Woodlands Tips 09:18
Final Guidance 10:01
Final Tips + Outro 10:22

[BurtonHohman]

One tip not sure if you mention it. But you can put the scout on the dam and it will give you a structural integrity countdown

[CodexFX]

Very well done! A great guide that doesn't ruin the precious experience of that first play though!

[loveagoodqueef]

I simply refuse to go through all these dream houses with no lights ❤️

[HarrisonMcKee]

As someone that struggles with acute anxiety, I found this guide almost integral to for working out what I should do next with this expansion. Outer Wilds has quickly become one of my favorite games at the end of 2022, mostly because I was able to overcome every obstacle I had to face by myself, meaning that once I reached the end of its amazing story, it was an achievement for me as a person as well as a player. The same could not be said for when I tried the DLC for the first time.

Spoilers ahead from this point on:

I made it through most of what the DLC had to offer until I reached the dreamscapes. These genuinely terrified me to the point where I would freeze up whenever I heard one of the Inhabitants make a noise or if I saw the glow of their lanterns. Other people I saw talk about the DLC said it was scary but never mentioned experiencing what I felt; which lead to me becoming both frustrated at the game and at myself for not being able to progress any further. The minute I blew out the lights in any of the sanctums, I had to tap out or I would have to take about a 10 minute break to calm down.

That was until I found this video.
I know it sounds cliché but your calm - spoiler free :D - explanations of what to do and where to go next for the rest of the DLC helped me build up the courage to do it myself; and I did it. After a small pine tree's worth of post-it notes, about 10 hours of walking through the dark detailing each sanctums maps, codes, "rules" and your tips for each location, I managed to reach the end.
Part of me wishes that I could have done it without this walk-through, but I feel like if I didn't have this open on my other screen alongside my essays worth of notes, it would have taken a lot more time and heart palpitations before I'd be able to beat it. I might have even prolonged doing so indefinitely, as I planned to do multiple times after losing patience with myself.

So, thank you so much, Cyben, for this guide. I am unbelievably grateful to you for making it as spoiler-free as possible, especially when it came to not providing too many details about the stealth sections, and thus leaving room for us as players to come up with our own solutions. Outer Wilds is one of those games where its main mechanic is knowledge, and letting your viewers make those discoveries themselves is a gift not to be spoiled. It - and its DLC - will have a special place in my heart (as it always makes me cry); and I owe part of that to you and this video for helping me reach that point.
Thank you so much.

[jasonx]

You can avoid doing the complicated stealth part if you send the elevator down to the water, then blow out the lights, and then ride the boat from another area to the bottom area. Then you can take the elevator back up and you’re on the other side of the bridge without needing to put it up.

You have to send the elevator down, though. There is no switch to bring it down from the bottom.

[guardian]

by the way. now that ive finished this video and i really didnt realize how new your channel was. that walkthrough was top notch. i had no idea that was one of your first few videos. these kind of walkthroughs are awesome.

[antoinza]

This is, by far, the most useful guide I've found on this DLC. Thanks so much for the help! Looking forward to all videos to come.

[Gromek]

wow, for a first video this is some good quality, love your voice as well :)
Absolutely continue doing videos! people will come for that sweet sweet voice.

[CybenX_yt]

I officially have another video in the works! It'll also be about Outer Wilds, along with one other game, but that's all I can share for now!

To keep up with progress on how the production's going, follow my socials and join the discord, and of course, have an amazing day~

[bean]

You have a great voice and super well-spoken delivery, I'd love to see more guides or videos from you

[FranklinThe]

I feel so smart after solving the painting puzzle.

[NorthSouthF]

As someone who sucks at games, this is exactly what i was looking for. Very well done thank you very much!

[haderacho]

BTW on the off chance you're scrolling through the comments without having beat the DLC because of some confusion, here's one thing that *has drastically changed in the dlc since this video was dropped*

SPOILERS FOR WHATEVER PART IS AT 7:25 IF YOU AREN'T THERE YET!


the part of the lodge past the grabby hand with the garden has been completely revamped. the strat in the video can no longer be used. the path to light the bridge is a lot more simple, and if you've done a bit of dry runs before turning off the lights, you already know the path.

here's a walkthrough, but please try it out for yourself first!
- once you use the grabby hand, the way up the stairs directly past the garden is guarded by an inhabitant. you need to go into one of the side rooms by the garden (the one on the left that used to have an inhabitant watching a slide reel is what i used), then bait it to chase you. just loop back around and go up the flights of stairs.
- once you're at the top floor, you will totally have to wing it. the inhabitant up there is right in front of the bridge lighter statue, so just bait him as well as you can, then light the bridge.
- you should know what to do next!


if you're scared of the inhabitants (i am too), here's some strats that involve not passing by a single one (these take away from the suprise factor if you didn't figure them out yourself, so these are last resort):
- before turning off the lights, light the elevator so it goes down to the dock. make sure you are not inside the elevator when you do this. then, turn off the lights. jump into the water, then enter the dream world from another ritual area in the stranger, and use the boat ride there to get to the dock in the lodge dream area. the elevator's down there already since you did that earlier, and then just get past the painting, dude!

- there's literally an invisible bridge to get to the elevator area. similar to the one you use to turn off the lights. you have to go to the right of the statue you use to light the entrance bridge. you can find it yourself via trial and error. can't explain it using text and i dont recommend searching it up because, spoilers!


i'd love to help you out with any issues. enjoy gaming!

[Spironic]

This guide is incredible, thanks so much for putting in the effort necessary to make this!

[goodboi]

Thank you, your video helped me a lot. I completed the main game by myself but nowadays I dont have too much free time and your vid helped me backtrack my progress

[noncoryx]

Here’s a tip, if you don’t feel like throwing yourself off of a building to reset the loop everytime (especially in cases where you cant do that) go to giants deep and interact with gabbro (the Outer Wilds Ventures frequency will lead you to his island). I’m pretty sure it takes a loop or two before you can ask them how they stay so calm given the situation, they’ll direct you to ‘meditate’ and you’ll sleep right through the loop. It’ll be accessible through your pause menu, a side note is if you do it next to a green fire with an artifact in hand it’ll transport you into the simulation world, which I thought was a pretty neat detail.

[turtle]

just finished the game and i really appreciate the way you've made this walkthrough, i referred to it when i got stuck and my playthrough still felt the same as when i did a blind base game play, thank you my good sir for keeping the experience

[ebirahdeep]

I love the base game and was able to figure it out without a guide.

This DLC just makes me feel like an idiot. I have no idea what to do, I get lost before I can try to solve anything, and none of it makes sense. Honestly not enjoying the fact I have to look up a guide just to try to even play.

[trickybarsteward]

Thanks! Just got this to play over my Christmas break and have been going all the way over to the satellite at the start of each run giving me no time to explore

[qwurty]

Excellent tutorial! Im finally letting myself watch Echoes of the Eye vids now that I’ve finished the DLC myself. Lookin forward to seein more! :)